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Published on Madison's Nano Cafés (http://www.nanocafes.org)

6 May 2008

No Silver Bullets [1] - New York Times Bits, USA
Nano-silver particles won’t attract the same attention as the prospect of global climate catastrophe. But nanotech skeptics are focusing on the materials most widely used in consumer products. The two groups of materials most often spotlighted in this strategy are nano-scale pigments, which are used in sunscreens and cosmetics, and nano-silver particles.

Nanotechnology? What are you talking about? [2] - NanoWerk, USA
Ask 10 people what nanotechnology is and you will get 10 different answers. There are all these terms floating around: 'bottom-up' and 'top-down' fabrication, 'atomically precise manufacturing', 'molecular assembly', 'self-assembly', 'nanorobots', 'nanofactories' and so forth.

[3] And then of course you hear about all these 'nanotechnology' products already hitting the market – but they seem decidedly low-tech, such as golf balls, 'no-smell' socks, toothpaste, scratch-resistant car paint, and so on – that's what we have been investing billions and billions of dollars for?
Pretty confusing, huh? Let's start to disentangle...

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